Regent-Rennoc Court is an historic, American

apartment An apartment (American English, Canadian English), flat (British English, Indian English, South African English), tenement (Scots English), or unit (Australian English) is a self-contained housing unit (a type of residential real estate) that ...

complex that is located in the

Southwest Schuylkill Kingsessing is a neighbourhood, neighborhood in the Southwest Philadelphia, Southwest section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. On the west side of the Schuylkill River, it is next to the neighborhoods of ...

neighborhood of

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Philadelphia ( ), colloquially referred to as Philly, is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania, most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the List of United States cities by population, sixth-most populous city in the Unit ...

. It was added to the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...

in 1985.

History and architectural features

This complex consists of nine buildings that were erected in 1910. Designed in the

Renaissance Revival Renaissance Revival architecture (sometimes referred to as "Neo-Renaissance") is a group of 19th-century architectural revival styles which were neither Greek Revival nor Gothic Revival but which instead drew inspiration from a wide range of ...

style, they are large, six-unit buildings that are arranged in groups of three on either side of Regent Street. Three-story buildings, they are brick structures that sit on Wissahickon

schist Schist ( ) is a medium-grained metamorphic rock generally derived from fine-grained sedimentary rock, like shale. It shows pronounced ''schistosity'' (named for the rock). This means that the rock is composed of mineral grains easily seen with a l ...

foundations and feature projecting arched center entrances and multiple porch levels. ''Note:'' This includes It was added to the

in 1985.

References

{{National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Residential buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Philadelphia Renaissance Revival architecture in Pennsylvania Residential buildings completed in 1910 Southwest Philadelphia